beat someone at their own game

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• Chinese Mandarin: 以其人之道,還治其人之身 /以其人之道 — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them
• Chinese Mandarin: 还治其人之身 (yǐ qí rén zhī dào, huán zhì qí rén zhī shēn) — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them
• Finnish: voittaa omassa pelissään — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them
• French: battre à son propre jeu — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them
• German: jemanden mit seinen eigenen Waffen schlagen — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them
• Polish: bić własną bronią — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them
• Polish: pobić własną bronią — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them
• Spanish: vencerlo en su propio juego — to successfully use someone's methods and strategies against them